Fall is here and it is time to start thinking about getting back into the swing of things at NENIC. We are starting off our educational calendar by hosting Patricia Dykes PhD, RN ,FAAN, FACMI on October 2nd where her topic will be, "Using Health IT and Patient Engagement to Improve Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients." It will be from 5:30 - 7:30 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital- a remote access option will be available. Watch your email for more details.

Take a moment to watch our newest NENIC video (above). It was produced at our annual Trends conference in May. It celebrates the contributions of Nurse Informatician's and our community transforming healthcare through informatics. Enjoy the video, you just may recognize a colleague!. Also if you did not get to join us at our annual symposium, we have posted a few highlights below and member highlights can be found in the August 2017 edition of Computer Informatics Nursing

Look over Upcoming Events , there is much to plan for this year. Locally NICERis offering a review course for nursing informaticians who are interested in sitting for the ANCC board certification exam. The first one of these will be on September 30th. NENIC members are eligible for a $50 discount using a promo code. (It will be emailed to members. Feel free to reach out to me if you did not receive the email. )

Also "Save the Date" for next year's annual symposium, Trends in Clinical Informatics and Nursing Perspective (Friday, April 27th, 2018) .

Member Benefit: Video recordings from past Education and Development programs. Become a member today to have full access!

If you are interested in reviewing only the slide presentations, please visit our Innovation Library for past NENIC program offerings and poster abstracts.

NENIC Membership Spotlight

This spotlight showcases NENIC’s greatest resource—its members. Each profile highlights the diversity of experiences, skills, and knowledge of our membership: the student, the manager, and the those at just the beginning of their careers.

Ms. Henry is an experienced healthcare professional with an extensive background in clinical nursing and healthcare informatics. She is a certified nurse Informatician with strong process improvement, management and people skills. She has been an influential leader in vendor design, development and delivery of informatics solutions to improve patient outcomes through optimization of healthcare information technology, including utilization of clinical decision support with analytics and improved clinical workflows. Ms.Henry currently is the Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist at Philips Healthcare for a clinical information system that includes clinical decision support and analytics.

Ms. Henry received a Master’s of Science in Health Informatics and Management from the University of Massachusetts and is ANCC Board Certified in Nursing Informatics. She is involved in several professional organizations in addition to NENIC which include Organization of Nurse Leaders (MA,NH, RI & CT), American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), and Health Informatics Management Systems Society (HIMSS).